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Title	:	The Master of Petersburg
Author	:	J.M. Coetzee
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	November 1st 1995 by Penguin Books (first published 1994)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Literature

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In the fall of 1869 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, lately a resident of Germany, is summoned back to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, Pavel. Half crazed with grief, stricken by epileptic seizures, and erotically obsessed with his stepson's landlady, Dostoevsky is nevertheless intent on unraveling the enigma of Pavel's life. Was the boy a suicide or a murder victim? Did he love his stepfather or despise him? Was he a disciple of the revolutionary Nechaev, who even now is somewhere in St. Petersburg pursuing a dream of apocalyptic violence? As he follows his stepson's ghost—and becomes enmeshed in the same demonic conspiracies that claimed the boy—Dostoevsky emerges as a figure of unfathomable contradictions: naive and calculating, compassionate and cruel, pious and unspeakably perverse.

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Original Title:	The Master of Petersburg
ISBN:	0140238107 (ISBN13: 9780140238105)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Irish Times International Fiction Prize (1995), Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Africa (1995)

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This wasn't a difficult book to read, but neither was it what I would call enjoyable.Coetzee clearly admires Dostoevsky (and how could he not?), and n writing about him he writes about both reading and writing, which I've tried to capture in my blog that is mostly quotes: https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/...

I loved reading this book. It is not only about Dostoevsky, but is also written in Dostoevsky's style. It's dark and fast. It's about death, punishment and inner battle.The character Dostoevsky has some of the attributes of his own characters Svidrigailov, Stavroghin, Raskolnikov, with the distinction of a man fighting with his age and not having his nobility and superiority of the "master" as we expected. He looses his strength and ability to see things clearly and the only way to show his

Theres not really a lot of room for silliness in this review, not that Coetzee tends to lend himself to anything other than seriousness in general. Noted nepotistic asshole Martin Amis famously said that Coetzees entire corpus was "predicated on transmitting absolutely no pleasure." Sorry, Marty, but there is a distinct difference between you and JM: he can actually fucking write, and you have been reduced to a sound bite (and a footnote to literature that is already in the process of being

Disappointingly often, I find that people tend to confuse the views of fictional characters created by an author with the views of the author him or herself. I think that's the heart of my problem with this novel, "The Master of Petersburg". It's not that this is a bad book, either. Coetzee is a marvelous writer, and at times managed to truly enrapture me in the plot and in his characters. So I suppose I am objecting to this work on principle. Coetzee understands what makes a compelling read:

Another highest recommend, particularly to other writers. This is historical fiction at its finest, by one of contemporary fiction's true masters. This is one of those novels you don't want to set down, and can't wait to pick up. Tremendous effort.



I'm sure that I am not the only one who feels an incredible tranquility in reading Coetzee. I know it is strange, but Coetzee's prose has a calming influence on me, regardless of the subject matter. I think it has something to do with the rhythm of the prose - I first became aware of this effect when I read The Master of Petersburg. Yes, its austere Coetzee, but it is also brilliant writing.